Marxism and Epistemology: Bachelard, Canguilhem, Foucault by Lecourt, Dominique - 1975

Verso Books , pp. 224 . Papeback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. When this book was first published in English in 1975, the previous forty years had seen the emergence of a new tradition in the philosophy of the sciences, or 'epistemology' in France. The founder of this tradition was Gaston Bachelard. Rather than elaborating from existing philosophy a series of categories to judge science's claims to truth, Bachelard started from the twentieth-century revolution in physics and critically examined existing philosophy on the basis of the achievements of this revolution and the scientific practice it exemplified. This critique of philosophy produced an epistemology radically different from traditional idealism and empiricism. Simultaneously, it opened the way to a new history of the sciences which had been developed by Georges Canguilhem and Michel Foucault.<br /><br />This critique of empiricism and idealism in the name of science clearly parallels the theses of dialectical materialism. Hence a… Read More

London: NLB, 1975. (UK) First English Language Edition No markings, Very Good used copy; no dust jacket. Boards, 223pp, index. These essays were translated from the French into English. (1.6 jm HOQ 102/b1. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NLB, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear to cover. Ink inscription on front endpaper.

New Left Bks, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Short tear in dustwrapper back repaired